jennytoo

I'm in for three - these look amazingly crappy. ;) I have a pair of monkeylectrics and they're definitely nicer than these. The EL wire is actually almost enough to make this worth it alone, though - at around $1/foot plus a driver. (I've generally paid $1.20/foot, and my drivers are $6-8 for short-length ones)

The flasher looks like it might be fun, the EL is usable for whatever (although it's just blue) and I'm hoping I can tear the writer apart and put a different board in it (say, RGB LEDs instead of just amber)

pkrzyz

bookofjoshua wrote:you could buy more that one set, or have the front and rear facing different directions I would think...

Buy, 2 sets, put them 180 degrees apart, one facing one way, while the other would be facing the opposite side. You would need to install 2 magnets, one for each side. But they probably wouldn't exactly be in sync on each side, but someone looking at it from one side, wouldn't see the other side.
This is only my speculation from looking at the video. I don't own one of these yet. (Eagerly awaiting my 3 to get to my door).

psaux

jennytoo wrote:I'm in for three - these look amazingly crappy. ;) I have a pair of monkeylectrics and they're definitely nicer than these. The EL wire is actually almost enough to make this worth it alone, though - at around $1/foot plus a driver. (I've generally paid $1.20/foot, and my drivers are $6-8 for short-length ones)

The flasher looks like it might be fun, the EL is usable for whatever (although it's just blue) and I'm hoping I can tear the writer apart and put a different board in it (say, RGB LEDs instead of just amber)

So, yeah, it's pretty crappy, but still looks to be worth it. ;)

Not to be crass in asking, but are yours the $2K version? I'm having serious gadget lust over that.

jennytoo

psaux wrote:Not to be crass in asking, but are yours the $2K version? I'm having serious gadget lust over that.

No, the $75 versions (Actually, the precursor - m133s) They are crazy bright, too. I always had them on the dim mode, and if I was biking on a dark trail, they lit both sides of me up. They're not replacement for head/taillights, but they do make you a ton more visible. Awesome lights, I just wish they were customizable.

stratosspawn

jennytoo wrote:I'm in for three - these look amazingly crappy. ;) I have a pair of monkeylectrics and they're definitely nicer than these. The EL wire is actually almost enough to make this worth it alone, though - at around $1/foot plus a driver. (I've generally paid $1.20/foot, and my drivers are $6-8 for short-length ones)

The flasher looks like it might be fun, the EL is usable for whatever (although it's just blue) and I'm hoping I can tear the writer apart and put a different board in it (say, RGB LEDs instead of just amber)

So, yeah, it's pretty crappy, but still looks to be worth it. ;)

Which MonkeyLectrics do you have, jennytoo? I really like the pro model, but they restrict them to commercial sales only... :-(

agnosticmayhem

v3xed

jennytoo wrote:I'm in for three - these look amazingly crappy. ;) I have a pair of monkeylectrics and they're definitely nicer than these. The EL wire is actually almost enough to make this worth it alone, though - at around $1/foot plus a driver. (I've generally paid $1.20/foot, and my drivers are $6-8 for short-length ones)

The flasher looks like it might be fun, the EL is usable for whatever (although it's just blue) and I'm hoping I can tear the writer apart and put a different board in it (say, RGB LEDs instead of just amber)

So, yeah, it's pretty crappy, but still looks to be worth it. ;)

I don't know where your buying your EL wire. But if you dont mind the older kind. you can get a ~7' run with a driver and shipping for about 5$ on ebay

longlocks

CuzzinMerl wrote:I've never been hit by a car, so I don't know how much that hurts.

But I have been hit by one of those tractors they use to push airplanes around at the airport and that hurt a lot.

Heh! I almost got run over by a taxiing plane when I worked at Atlantic Aviation. They used part of the parking lot as an area to turn planes around. I was freezing and buried in my jacket as I was walking into work. I looked up just in time to get out of the way of a Gulfstream headed right for me that I didn't even know was there until it was 20' away. I didn't do that again.

longlocks

I'm actually trying to figure out if I can somehow use these for doing light painting photography. I know I can use the EL wire, but the rest I'm not sure about. Do you need them to spin to work, or could I mount these on just about anything so I can use a slow shutter to light paint with 'em if I'm the one making them move?

noimportantone

j5

My son has the single version of this on his bike. It works pretty well, but as others have mentioned, it's one sided. You can do 2-sided on the fronts, but the gears might get in the way on the rears. The lights are synched via a magnet pickup, so the picture won't rotate.

kelemvor

Some reviews online say that you need to put 2 or 3 of these on the same tire, spaced out, to get the full effect. Otherwise it doesn't look near like what the advertisement pictures do. Watch the Youtube video and see that a single one doesn't spin fast enough to make it look like a real picture unless you have teeny tiny tires that spin crazy fast.

drakono

pkrzyz wrote:Buy, 2 sets, put them 180 degrees apart, one facing one way, while the other would be facing the opposite side. You would need to install 2 magnets, one for each side. But they probably wouldn't exactly be in sync on each side, but someone looking at it from one side, wouldn't see the other side.
This is only my speculation from looking at the video. I don't own one of these yet. (Eagerly awaiting my 3 to get to my door).

I'm guessing that these things use the magnet to determine when they've made a full loop, and also as a level line. In which case, the one you put on the right side of the bike will sync its image to be upside down.

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